Folding shipping case



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NVENTOR ATTORNEY Patented Feb. 6, 1940 UNITED srsres;

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I FOLDING SHIPPING oAss Joseph Liskin, Brooklyn, N. Y., assignorto-Standard Corrugated Case Corporation, New York,

N. Y., a. corporation of New York Application November 29, 1938, SerialNo. 242,875

2 Claims.

such manner as to be folded about the article or. 7

articles to form a complete shipping package 10 wherein not only is thearticle entirely enclosed by strong walls but all of its edgesandcorners are spaced inward from the outside edges and corners of theprotective case. In a specific aspect the instant invention is animprovement in 16 the kind of shipping case disclosed in the Liskin andStirnmel Patent 2,105,086, issued January 11,. 1938. I

The shipping cases of the patent and of the instant invention are welladapted for holding 20 electroplates, phonograph records and other moreor less fiat articles, but the invention is not limited to theparticular form or nature of the articles to be encased and protected.

The object of this invention is to provide a materially improvedshipping case of the type to which reference has been made. Specificobjects and advantages of the novel construction hereinafter describedand claimed are:- less material used in the manufacture of the folder;hence less cost; a shipping folder which is easy to handle and veryquickly packed; a folder which requires less space in storage than theformer one; a shipping package which has more inherent strength andsolidity than the earlier construe! 35 tion; and one that may be lighterin weight.

The invention consists in a new construction and arrangement of theelements of the folding shipping case, the preferred embodiment of whichwill be described.

. In the accompanying drawings, forming part hereof:

Fig. 1 is a plan view of a shipping folder embodying the invention, thefolder beingshown with all panels and flaps spread out fiat.

45 Fig. 2 is a view of the folder shown in Fig. l, but with the flaps ofthe holder panel folded in to form a pocket and the holder panel foldedover on the main panel.

Figs. 3 and 4. are enlarged sectional views 50 through the completedpackage, the sections being taken on the lines 33 and 4-4, respectively.of Fig. 5.

Fig. 5 is a perspective view, partly broken away and partly in section,of the final package.

56 The folder l shown in the drawings includes a cover panel 53.

. the package.

main panel H which has a holder panel i2 hinged to its by creases alongone edge, and a cover panel i3 similarlyhinged to it along its oppositeedge. Another cover panel it is shown connected to the All of thesepanels are in series and their hinge connections are parallel; It willbe understood that the terms applied to the panels are descriptiverather than limiting.

The hinge connections between the various panels, formed by creasing orbending the stock, 10

are double. That is to say, each connection comprises two spacedparallel creases represented in the drawings by pairs of dot and dashlines Hi,

to allow for thickness and to form edge walls of The distances betweenthe hinge l5 creases ofythe several pairs vary with the thicknesses.

The holder panel it has flaps l6, ll, I8 along three of its sides oredges, and at the fourth side there is preferably a flap" H], which maybe cut partly out of the holder panel and partly out of the main panelll. These flaps I6l9 fold in over the holder panel, as shown in Fig. 2,to form a pocket for one or more plates or other articles.

A plate til is shown in the pocket in Figs. 3-5.

The hinge connections between the flaps Iii-49 and the holder panel I 2are like those between the panels and are similarly represented by pairsof dot and dash lines It.

- The holder panel ill with its flaps folded to form a pocket is bothshorter and narrower than the mainpanel ll so that when the holder panelis folded over on the main panel l l, as shown in Fig. 2, the pocketholds the edges of the plate away from all edges and corners of the mainpanel and away from the edges and corners of the final package. Thecover panel I3 folds over the back of the holder panel l2, and the outercover panel I 4 folds over the back of the main panel II. 'If the coverpanel I3 is made wide enough to extend beyond the hinged edge of theholder panel if in the same way that it extends beyond the lateral edgesof the holder panel, then the flap it becomes unnecessary and the foldbetween the main panel and holder panel can tak the place of the flapI9.

7 At opposite ends of the second cover panel l4, that is to say theedges at right-angles to the hinge connections between thepanels, thereare flaps 24. A function of these flaps is to close the ends of thepackage- They also act in a measure as cushions, and they retain thepackage againstopening, though the final securing of the package maybe'effected with adhesive strip or otherwise. These closing flapspreferably have three-fold,

or for that matter four-fold, creases 25, so that the portion of eachflap which is tucked into the package is double. In the constructionshown in the drawing, the end flaps tuck in between the main panel l2and the cover panel l3.

The folder is preferably made of double-faced or single-faced corrugatedboard. By increasing the distances between hingecreases a more boxlikeshipping case may be obtained, suitable to hold a stack of articles or athick object.

It will be apparent that the invention is not limited to the preciseembodiment which has been illustrated, and may include a greater orlesser number of elements.

I claim:

l. A one-piece folder providing a complete shipping package, said foldercomprising a main panel, a holder panel hinged at one side along itslength to the main panel and having flaps that fold over the contents ofthe package, said holder panel being shorter than the main panel andadapted to fold over against a face of the main panel, a cover panelhinged to the main panel along the edge opposite the juncture of themain panel. and the holder panel to fold over the holder panel when thelatter is folded against the'main panel, a second cover panel hinged tothe first cover panel along the edge opposite the main panel and adaptedto fold over the outside of the main panel, and flaps at opposite endsof the second cover panel that fold into the space between the coverpanels and form the ends of the package.

2. A folder comprising four panels of corrugated paper board in line andhinged together along their longitudinal edges'so that they can befolded to form a package, said panels including a holder panel withflaps that fold over it to form a pocket-that is shorter and narrowerthan the other panels, a main panel that folds against one side of thepocket, a cover panel that folds back second coverpanel and tuck inunder the main panel between the main panel and the first cover panel toclose the ends of the package and hold the package closed.

JOSEPH LISK INq

